Paul Verhoven, the dual-sided filmmaker whose Hollywood career is broadly split between highly aware genre fare (
Robocop,
Starship Troopers,
Black Book) and gleeful, exploitative silliness (
Showgirls,
Basic Instinct,
Total Recall), has long wanted to make a film about Jesus. Yes,
that Jesus, the carpenter. He co-wrote a book on the subject,
Jesus of Nazareth, and has tried for some time to raise money to do a film version.
Now he's ...